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Grok 3 Mini Beta vs o4 Mini (batch)
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Winner summary
o4 Mini (batch) wins on 5/6 benchmarks
o4 Mini (batch) wins 5 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · knowledge · math.
Category leads
coding·o4 Mini (batch)knowledge·o4 Mini (batch)language·Grok 3 Mini Betamath·o4 Mini (batch)reasoning·o4 Mini (batch)
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Grok 3 Mini Beta
#40 by perf·no signal
o4 Mini (batch)
#115 by perf·no signal
Best value
Grok 3 Mini Beta
4.3x better value than o4 Mini (batch)
Grok 3 Mini Beta
162.0 pts/$
$0.40/M
o4 Mini (batch)
37.9 pts/$
$1.38/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
xAI
$250.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Grok 3 Mini Betao4 Mini (batch)
Aider polyglot
o4 Mini (batch) leads by +22.7
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
Grok 3 Mini Beta
49.3
o4 Mini (batch)
72.0
HELM · GPQA
o4 Mini (batch) leads by +6.0
Grok 3 Mini Beta
67.5
o4 Mini (batch)
73.5
HELM · IFEval
Grok 3 Mini Beta leads by +2.2
Grok 3 Mini Beta
95.1
o4 Mini (batch)
92.9
HELM · MMLU-Pro
o4 Mini (batch) leads by +2.1
Grok 3 Mini Beta
79.9
o4 Mini (batch)
82.0
HELM · Omni-MATH
o4 Mini (batch) leads by +40.2
Grok 3 Mini Beta
31.8
o4 Mini (batch)
72.0
HELM · WildBench
o4 Mini (batch) leads by +20.3
Grok 3 Mini Beta
65.1
o4 Mini (batch)
85.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini Beta | o4 Mini (batch) |
|---|---|---|
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 49.3 | 72.0 |
HELM · GPQA | 67.5 | 73.5 |
HELM · IFEval | 95.1 | 92.9 |
HELM · MMLU-Pro | 79.9 | 82.0 |
HELM · Omni-MATH | 31.8 | 72.0 |
HELM · WildBench | 65.1 | 85.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.30 | $0.50 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $3.50 | |
| $0.55 | $2.20 | 200K tokens (~100 books) | $9.63 |
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